Dunne Foxe Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada within western Hudson Bay. The hamlet of Whale Cove is 25 km (16 mi) to the west.[1]
![]() ![]() Dunne Foxe Island ![]() ![]() Dunne Foxe Island | |
Geography | |
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Location | Hudson Bay |
Coordinates | 62°18′N 092°13′W |
Archipelago | Arctic Archipelago |
Administration | |
Canada | |
Nunavut | Nunavut |
Region | Kivalliq |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
The island was named on July 30, 1631, by Arctic explorer, Captain Luke Foxe.[2]
Dunne Foxe island Brooke Cobham.
Islands of the Kivalliq Region | |
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Islands of Chesterfield Inlet | |
Islands of Foxe Basin | |
Islands of Hudson Bay | |
Islands in italics are inhabited. See also Islands of the Kitikmeot Region, Islands of the Qikiqtaaluk Region |
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